Reviews

The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson

mattywestside's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

How fun! The magic of the Mistborn world (2/3 of it, at least) but with guns and an industrial-era backdrop!

This is a magic detective story. Cool fights, interesting enough motivations all around. 

reserv3's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

eimear14's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

jenna02s's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

dakotach7's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

This book was so fun!! I was kind of going in with lower expectations, since from what I've heard not everyone really cares for this series, but wow, I was totally invested in this! I love all of these new characters

and the references to previous characters, or literal inclusion of previous characters, i.e. Harmony and 'Ironeyes' lol.

The action and refreshing of the setting was such a treat too. 

Suffice to say, as is typical with Sanderson's books, I very keenly am looking forward to finding out wtf is going to happen next. 

giovannamorgado's review

5.0

No surprises of me loving yet another Brando book.

Wax and Wayne are the perfect duo and I caught myself laughing so much at Waynes dialogues.

I did wish though that Era 2 was a bit more like Era 1 as I gravitate towards that atmosphere more than anything else.

Era 1 was a 6/5 stars but as of now (3 more books to change my mind) Era 2 is 5/5!

fluttertutter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

read it right after heroes of ages and honestly it’s not as good as mistborn era 1 books. just doesn’t feel as impactful and the problems not as big? (i mean how to top overthrowing an immortal tyrant then stopping a god from destroying the whole world??) cool to see how the magical system changes though?!? the fight scenes are still 10/10 with allomancy (and feruchemy also hehehe) and also with the guns?!? adds another layer to the fight scenes. love the way wax drops bullet casings to steel push 😛 but other than that feels more like an intro to a bigger story that not much clues were given hm although the epilogue did hint at something 

ptripp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

daniellequarter's review against another edition

adventurous

3.0

dangerbassett's review

I am always excited to read Brandon Sanderson's work because he is a mercilessly creative world builder. He shapes and structures his novel's sense of place, and physics like a theoretical physicist. the world is whole and complete, relentless forces that cause one particle to drift towards another piece by piece until the sky is full of stars, or the same force allows a coin to grant the gift of flight. I would like to applaud the work he has done in all his books to build a world without cutting corners.